New Tank with High Ammonia

dhyder54 · May 30, 2015

Hi everyone I am new to the reef hobby and right now I am setting up my 20 gallon aquarium and as I test my water parameters my ammonia is high (0.25-0.50). I am using an API kit and it is not outdated so if anyone has any ideas on lowering the ammonia, that would be great, already used ammonia lock.

Ebone · May 30, 2015

How new is the tank, it sounds as though it is probably cycling (in which case your ammonia is normal)... do a search for cycling a new tank and see if it is helpful.

Reefing Madness · May 30, 2015

Your tank is going through a normal cycle, that could take up to 8 weeks. Not to worry, its all normal.

dhyder54 · May 30, 2015

Ok thanks I was just worried that they were to high

dhyder54 · May 30, 2015

Ebone

My tank is about 1 month old

kschweer · May 31, 2015

Welcome to R2R! Some more details about your tank may help such as any livestock, filtration, other parameters. A water change would be a good start in my opinion.